Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their …
Read More »For These Young Evangelical Activists, Facing the Climate Crisis Is an Act of Faith
A few years back, William Morris came to realize just how he could be a light unto the world. Before this precise moment in time, his visions of a missionary life had involved foreign climes, distant shores, desecrated wastelands in desperate need of redemption. Then he had looked around at …
Read More »The 'Punk Monk' Teachings of Playboi Carti
Playboi Carti tells me his mood of late can be described as “punk monk.” He means it sort of holistically. The rapper has an almost religious devotion to the studio, spending every day there; his current project is the deluxe version of his recent album Whole Lotta Red. Carti says …
Read More »Eminem Responds to Cancellation Attempt With 'Tone Deaf' Animated Video
Eminem takes aim at the “cancellation” attempts against him in the rapper’s new animated lyric video for “Tone Deaf,” a track off his 2020 LP Music to Be Murdered By – Side B. In recent weeks, a TikTok campaign called for Eminem to be “canceled” due to a resurfaced controversial …
Read More »Democracy on the Brink
WASHINGTON — In the coming weeks, the battle over democracy’s future in America will hit a boil. On one side is a group that looks at the last election and sees a resilient but damaged system. A system that withstood —sometimes only barely — a raging pandemic, a conspiracy-theory-peddling president, …
Read More »'Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell' Avoids the Trap of Mythology
One wonders what Notorious B.I.G would have thought about smartphones. The late New York MC, who is the subject of a new Netflix documentary titled Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell, was an eager evangelist of the humble camcorder. Early on in the documentary, his longtime friend Damion “D-Roc” …
Read More »Rostam Previews New Album 'Changephobia' With '4Runner'
Rostam is heralding the release of Changephobia, out June 4th, with the new single “4Runner.” The song drops Tuesday along with a video featuring a camera view of a moving vehicle speeding down highways through sunrise and sunset. “‘4Runner’ captures the intimate thrill of a road trip with someone special,” …
Read More »Neil Young Honors Producer Elliot Mazer: 'A Master in the Studio'
Following the death of Elliot Mazer on Sunday, Neil Young took to his website to honor the engineer-producer behind multiple Young albums. Young wrote that he first met Mazer in Nashville in January 1971, when he was appearing on The Johnny Cash Show and working on his upcoming album, Harvest. …
Read More »Foo Fighters Launch 'Medicine at Midnight Radio' Series
Foo Fighters partnered with Apple Music for their new Medicine at Midnight Radio series. The six-part project, which celebrates the band’s recently issued 10th LP, launched Monday with a debut installment featuring bassist Nate Mendel. In a statement about the show, frontman Dave Grohl noted, “We’re going to listen to …
Read More »Hear Bruce Springsteen Play 'Murder Incorporated' From New 1997 Acoustic Live LP
The newest release from Bruce Springsteen‘s official live album series is a show he played in Nice, France on May 18th, 1997. This was the tail end of the Ghost of Tom Joad tour and features a mixture of new songs like “Straight Time” and “Highway 29” with classics like …
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